Apparently, there is a segment of our society that cannot function without a new conspiracy theory every week. That is so sad! What a way to waste your life. Falling prey to another wackadoodle conspiracy theory in order to have something new to complain about, or to frighten others who apparently live in the same alternate Universe.
- My mother
I seem to devote a lot of time, energy, brain cells, and column inches to trying to discern and understand what it is that allows some low-information types to believe all manner of ridculous things. F’rinstance, Sandy Rios from the American Family Association is CONVINCED that Barack Obama will refuse to leave office once his term is over. No doubt, he’ll activate his private army of homosexual radical Muslims, who will trample the rights of every American, force them to renounce Christianity, AND take their guns. WTF??? Methinks Rios may be off her meds yet again.
There’s little doubt but that Rios’ addled fever dream isn’t worth the pixels that would be wasted detailing it. The fact that she’s not alone in her delusions- not by a long shot- leads me to wonder about the mental health of some on the Far Right. There are so many so thoroughly in the thrall of Obama Derangement Syndrome that if someone blamed him for the Lindbergh kidnapping or the murder of Archduke Ferdinand, they’d be apoplectic (IMPEACH!! IMPEACH THE ILLEGAL USURPER!!!).
Whether it’s being convinced that vaccines cause autism, same-sex marriage can cause natural disasters, or that Liberals wish for nothing more than to convert children to homosexuality and force them to renounce Jesus, the Stupid is strong. And it gives no indication of receding anytime soon.
The worst part of the Stupid is what John Cleese aptly describes as people being too thoroughly intellectually challenged to recognize just how irrationally unreasonable (i.e.- stupid) they are. The sort of aggressive, willful ignorance extant in America today is a truly frightening phenomenon. I don’t expect anyone to be the Second Coming of Albert Einstein…but is it too much to expect a sentient human being to have at least one foot in the reality-based world? Believing a half-dozen ridiculous things before breakfast may work in fairy tales, but here in the real world, clinging to the ridiculous and provably untrue can be a recipe for disaster. Or the Republican Party, also teetering on the precipice of calamity.
A very wise man once spoke up with a very simple and poignant plea, which we’d do well to be reminded of today: “STOP MAKING STUPID PEOPLE FAMOUS!!” When you look at the squeaky wheels being greased these days, it’s not hard to see how far we are from honoring that plea.
You need not possess the intellect of Stephen Hawking, but America would be in much better shape today if Americans could learn that critical thinking isn’t a Liberal mind control plot and that propaganda doesn’t free one from having to think for oneself. Why thoughtfully ponder the condition of the world around us when someone’s willing to tell us who we must hate and fear?
Then again, why limit yourself to believing only a half-dozen ridiculous things before breakfast? (BENGHAZI!!!)
